The questions I get most.

All sessions are 1:1 on Google Meet. The First Step is a single 60-minute session. The Foundation is four weekly 60-minute sessions over four weeks. The Full Dropout is twelve sessions over six months. All packages except The First Step include voice memo support between sessions.

I work entirely virtually. I’m based in the US and I work with clients across the US.

No. I’m an intuitive eating coach. I’m trained in the Intuitive Eating framework, HAES-aligned, and work from a Motivational Interviewing approach. I am not licensed as a therapist, dietitian, or counselor. If you need medical nutrition therapy for a diagnosed condition or psychotherapy for clinical mental health concerns, I can help you find a licensed practitioner who specializes in what you need.

No. I won’t tell you what to eat. I work with you on your relationship with food, hunger, fullness, satisfaction, food fear, body image, and emotional eating — but I don’t prescribe meals, calories, or macros.

No. I will not weigh you. I do not ask for your weight. I do not work toward weight loss. Diet Dropout is a weight-neutral practice grounded in Health at Every Size.

Intuitive eating is a structured, evidence-based framework for healing your relationship with food. It was developed by registered dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch in 1995. It’s organized around ten principles, including rejecting diet mentality, honoring hunger, making peace with food, respecting your body, and approaching nutrition gently. I cover this in detail in my Journal post on what intuitive eating actually is.

Maybe. Maybe not. For some clients, weight stabilizes lower than where they were while chronic dieting. For others, weight stabilizes higher. For most, weight stabilizes somewhere — at the body’s defended set point — and stays more stable than it ever did during dieting. Weight is not the metric of this work. If weight loss is your primary goal, intuitive eating may not be the right fit. I write more about this in my post on set point theory.

It depends on what you mean by results. Most clients feel a shift in their relationship with food within 4–8 weeks of consistent work. Meaningful reduction in things like binge cycles, food obsession, and shame typically takes 3–6 months. Full integration — where food becomes one of many things you do in your day, not the loudest one — usually takes 12–24 months. This is slower than dieting promises. It’s also actually durable.

In most cases, yes, but the work needs to fit alongside your medical care. For conditions that require specific dietary attention (diabetes, celiac, certain GI conditions), I work alongside a registered dietitian or your medical team. I won’t replace medical nutrition advice — but the relationship with food part of the work happens regardless of medical needs.

If you have a clinical eating disorder — anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, OSFED, ARFID — and you are not in active treatment, please prioritize getting connected with a treatment team first. That typically includes a therapist specializing in eating disorders, a registered dietitian, and often a physician. I do not treat eating disorders. I can support people in active recovery or post-recovery, but only in addition to their treatment team, never instead of one.

Three options: The First Step is $127 for a single 60-minute session. The Foundation is $447 for a 4-week program. The Full Dropout is $1,697 for a 6-month mentorship.

No. Coaching is not covered by health insurance in the US. Some HSA/FSA accounts may cover coaching expenses — check with yours. I can provide an invoice or receipt for HSA/FSA submission.

Currently, all packages are paid upfront through Stripe, which supports Klarna and Afterpay (the buy-now-pay-later options). For The Full Dropout specifically, you can split into 3–4 payments through Klarna or Afterpay at checkout.

Yes — The Full Dropout has a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. If after the first 30 days you don’t feel meaningfully shifted by the work, I refund you completely. No hoops, no questions. The First Step and The Foundation don’t have refund guarantees because they’re shorter programs — but you can always book The First Step first to test the fit before committing to a longer program.

Yes, with at least 24 hours notice through the Calendly link in your confirmation email. Sessions cancelled with less than 24 hours notice may be forfeit.

Diet Dropout: An Intuitive Eating Workbook is a 35-page guided journal with seven chapters covering diet history, hunger, permission, fear foods, body image, emotional eating, and rebuilding. It includes reflection prompts, exercises, and structured journaling work.

Either works, and many people do both. The book is a self-guided structured walk through the work. Coaching is a personalized, supported walk through the work. They overlap in content — the book has been the source for much of how I teach in sessions — but the coaching adds personalization, accountability, and someone to ask questions to.

On Amazon. Or read more about it here.

Yes, occasionally. For podcast inquiries, email kayla@thedietdropout.com.

I have rolling availability for The First Step. The Foundation and The Full Dropout have limited spots and book up — current availability is reflected in my Calendly. The Full Dropout caps at a small number of active mentees at any time.

Email kayla@thedietdropout.com or book a free discovery call.